Climate-induced migration and health issues - A toolkit for policymakers

Loss <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> damage is an urgent concern, driven by the increasingly harmful effects of climate change. Communities are experiencing new types <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> forms of climate impact, of higher frequency <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> intensity, which they are not equipped to handle. These impacts compel vulnerable communities to migrate to find alternative livelihoods <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> ways to survive. But migration generates grave socioeconomic consequences. Through case study analysis from 12 regions in Asia, Africa <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> the Pacific, this paper explores how climate change-induced migration is creating physical health, mental health <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> wellbeing issues — both <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">for</span> migrants <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> the families they leave behind. It then provides recommendations to policymakers on how to strengthen policy, planning <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> response frameworks to support communities manage health <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> wellbeing risks created by climate impacts.